LegalTech NY is the big splash launch for legal technology each year. Dennis attended Legaltech NY and brought back his report.In this episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, we discuss LegalTech NY, some highlights of 2015, and what LTNY 2015 might tell us about legal technology in 2015 and beyond.

Over the past 20 years or so, lawyers have been simultaneously intrigued and frustrated by speech recognition technology. Results certainly varied from person to person, but results never quite we hoped for Speech recognition started to disappear off the radar of most lawyers. Has it made an unexpected return?In this episode, we revisit speech recognition technology, survey the current state of the art and speculate as to whether, as we looked in other directions, speech recognition might have actually arrived.

We like to keep an eye on new developments and the current state of collaboration tools and technologies, which we consider one of the most important, yet under-appreciated areas of legal technology. What’s happening in 2015 and what developments do you need to know about and incorporate into your work?In this episode, we survey the current landscape for collaboration tools, trends and best practices, and what lawyers should be doing to make better use of these tools.

Every new year brings a new opportunity to “start fresh” and get something done that you might not have accomplished in the previous year. As we look ahead to 2015, we start to think about our legal technology resolutions for the coming year.In this episode, we discuss our personal legal technology resolutions for 2015, how to get started making your own technology resolutions, and how last year’s resolutions have turned out.

As we reach the end of 2014, it’s time to look back at the world of legal technology and some of the bests, worsts, trends and developments of the year. In this episode, we adopt the ESPN “Pardon the Interruption” approach to take a fast-paced, broad-based look at the past year, a few thoughts on 2015 and give you an idea what you might want to be doing.

Over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, we were reminded about how big a role social media plays in our daily lives. We were also reminded how easily it can be to feel overwhelmed by social media – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and much, much more. It’s a good time to take stock of your use of social media and try to control it before it controls you. In this episode we discuss being overwhelmed by social media, ways to manage social media and whether you can move past the sense of guilt you probably feel for not posting enough.

Some have been arguing recently that we are at the beginning of a “Podcast Renaissance,” where podcasts are better than ever and people have begin to appreciate the value of the podcast medium for education and entertainment. Who are we to disagree? However, many podcast listeners are only touching the surface of the potential value of podcasts. In this episode, we discuss the fundamentals of podcast listening and subscribing, ways to enhance your podcast listening experience, how you too can participate in the Podcast Renaissance.

Recent statistics indicate that there will be more than 100 billion app downloads in 2014. There are more than a million apps available for download on the iOS and Android platforms. Yet, most users tend to rely on a core set of around two dozen apps. What might theses stats be telling us? In this episode, we discuss the current state of apps, what apps we actually use and why, and offer some advice for lawyers choosing and using apps.

The College of Law Practice Management recently held its 2014 Futures Conference in Boston. Dennis and Tom were there and participated in the program. In this episode, we talk about the 2014 Futures Conference, what the future holds for the practice of law, and the role technology is likely to play in that future.

Most of us assume that lawyers are slow adopters of technology because that’s what we hear all the time. There are several annual surveys of lawyers that give us some data about the actual usage of technology by lawyers. Does the common assumption still hold true in 2014? In this episode, we discuss the results of 2014 ILTA-InsideLegal survey, the 2014 ABA Technology Survey, give our analysis of these results, and recommend ways that you can use these surveys to your advantage . . . and to the benefit of your clients.